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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I met a guy (covered in tats and didn’t look like he had any money) on a flight from DC to Dallas. He was flying to Dallas to check on his rental properties. He owns 40+ properties, essentially controlling the FMR in one neighborhood.

I was staying in a nice suburb in Dallas and my friend who was hosting me told me the bulk of the SFH neighborhood was owned by a few Asian families who rent out the properties. Rents have jumped dramatically and they quickly purchase any homes that go on the market.

This is a problem. [/quote]
capitalism at its finest.  Also, how do you know if the "Asian" families aren't Asian Americans? Because they have accents? [/quote]

Asian here (as in, born in Asia, grew up here, have US citizenship).  Whether 'Asian' or 'Asian Americans', real estate is a time honored investment vehicle for Chinese and Koreans.  I think the Chinese Communists had a deep complex with the 'landlord' class.  (Not the clergy, the nobility, the aristocracy - the classic villians for Marx).  In feudal Asian society, there were only two classes - the peasants and the landlords.  Can't be a landlord in China so do it here in North America.[/quote]
PP here.. I'm Korean American.

My parents don't speak much English.  They are looking at moving back to Korea for retirement and renting their place out here.

If someone like the "those foreigners are purchasing homes in our country" poster didn't know my parents, they would assume, just like the ^^PP assumed that they were Chinese who are buying up property in the US.

My spouse and I are thinking of doing something similar when we retire.   We are also both immigrants, and American citizens.   I'm sure people like the ^^PP would assume we are also "Chinese foreigners buying up property".

Once again, you have no idea if those people are foreigners or American citizens who live abroad.[/quote]

We’re talking about the government in particular. The actual governments of China and Saudi Arabia are buying property. It’s a documented problem. Along with AirBnBs and corporations buying up homes.

Some of us have nowhere else to flee to when America goes full on Lorax  and we’re all paying rent to foreign countries. We’d like it to be addressed. [/quote]

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